 | Inner room media house diary world |
| Abdulmumin Jibrin PhD | |
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| Born | 9 September 1976 Kano, Nigeria |
| Residence | Abuja, Nigeria |
| Occupation | Politician, businessman |
Abdulmumin Jibrin (born 9 September 1976) is a Nigerian politician, businessman. He is a member of Nigeria's ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation.
Abdulmumin Jibrin was born in Kano, Nigeria, into the family of Alhaji Labaran Mohammed Jibrin and Hajia Amina Gambo. He had his early education in Kano before being moved to Kaduna to further his study.
Abdulmumin attended Army Primary School Janguza, Kano (1983–1986) before moving to Command Children School Jaji, Kaduna (1986–1988). He had his secondary education at Science Secondary School Abaji, Abuja (1989–1992) and Bwari Secondary School, Abuja (1992–1994) He later proceeded for his higher education and obtained a bachelor's degree in Political Science at the University of Abuja, Nigeria in 1999, M.Sc in International Affairs and Diplomacy at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria in 2003 and PhD in International Relations at the University of Abuja Nigeria in 2009. He also attended London Business School 2009-2009, Harvard Business School 2009-2010, International Business House, London 2009 and European Institute of Business Administration INSEAD France, 2009 where he graduated and obtained various certificates in General Management (SEP68 LBS), Global Economy Crisis (LBS), Negotiation, Competitive Decision and Deal Process (HBS), Comprehensive Leadership Development (PLD9 HBS), International oil Trading (IBH London) and Telecommunications Strategy and Marketing (INSEAD). He holds an MBA from the SBS – Swiss Business School, Zurich, Switzerland 2012-2014. Abdulmumin began his early professional career in the media by working with the Century Research and Communication Ltd. After a stint at the communications company, he moved on to Green Forest Investment Ltd in 2003 and rose to the position of general manager of the company. He later became the managing director and subsequently chairman/CEO Green Forest Group Ltd., an organisation with subsidiaries in Energy, Property Development, Investment, Agriculture, Construction and Engineering, majoring in Consultancy and Contracting. He was also chairman (Nigeria) of Turkish Construction giant, TASYAPI between 2010 and 2011. He taught International Relations at Nasarawa State University, Nigeria and authored publications in the field of International Relations viz- The new face of Nigeria's Foreign Policy, Nigeria's role in peace keeping operations in Africa. He is also a member of Nigeria-America and Nigeria-British Chambers of Commerce. He was chairman Abuja branch of Nigeria-British Chamber of Commerce 2010 – 2011. Abdulmumin resigned from his position as the Chairman of Green Forest Group Ltd in 2011 to fully participate in politics.
Though Abdulmumin had previously served as an officer of a civil society group and occupied different positions in political formations from serving as the Group National Coordinator Grand Alliance of Nigeria (pro-Democracy Group) between 2002 and 2004 to being a member of the Presidential Campaign Committee of the PDP in 2003 and Programme Officer of the party's Presidential Campaign Headquarters (2007), he only contested for an elective political office in 2011 which won him a place as a member of Nigeria's House of Representativesrepresenting Kiru/Bebeji Federal constituency of Kano State of Nigeria.
No sooner had Abdulmumin got elected into the House of Representative than he formed a group, called 7th Assembly Group, which was made up of mostly the newly elected first- time lawmakers. The aim of the group according to Abdulmumin, as quoted in a national newspaper, was to serve as a "platform for members-elect to establish acquaintance and cross fertilize ideas emanating from various constituencies for the overall interest of the country."[1]
Abdulmumin was subsequently appointed Chairman Committee on Finance of the House of Representatives[2] with oversight on the Federal Ministry of Finance and its Parastatals, Federal Revenue, Preparation of Revenue framework/Estimate for the Federal budgets, Sovereign Wealth Fund - SWIA, Tax Matters, Fiscal matters, Government investment in banks and Statutory Corporations and Agencies, Insurance and Insurance of Government properties and assets amongst others. Since his assumption of position as the head of the finance committee, Abdulmumin has been a vocal voice on national matters; a critic and appraiser of some government's policies and actions.
Abdulmumin was appointed by the House of Representatives as the head of a joint ad-hoc committee on Finance, Petroleum Upstream, Petroleum Downstream and Gas Resources to investigate an alleged indebtedness of NNPC to the federation account in response to the continuing outcry by Nigerians for increasing accountability on the part of their governments. The investigation conducted by the Abdulmumin Jibrin-led joint committee later revealed a non-remittance of the sum of N450 billion by the NNPC to the federation account in contravention of Section 162 (1) of the 1999 constitution.[3]
Similarly, following a motion passed by the House of Representatives directing President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria to fully implement the country's budget,
[4]Abdulmumin equally toed the line of his colleagues in the House as he warned the government against breach of the constitution[5] Abdulmumin has also expressed discontentment on Nigeria's over-dependence on oil and gas revenue. He is therefore in the forefront of pioneering a national summit on diversification of Nigeria's economy.
Apart from his position as the Chairman of House Committee on Finance, Abdulmumin has headed and co-chaired a number of parliamentary investigations and assignments which include but not limited to the following: investigation of independent revenue which deals with the internally generated revenue of corporations.[6] Under Abdulmumin's leadership, the Finance Committee discovered billions of unremitted funds to the consolidated revenue fund and subsequently compelled the corporations to pay.[7][8]
With the mandate of the house, Abdulmumin also launched a comprehensive investigation on the insurance industry and insurance of government asset and properties where wide-ranging discoveries were made bothering on issues of abuse of processes and existing laws.[9] The committee has commenced work to repeal and re-enact the existing insurance law. In the same vein, Abdulmumin proceeded to look into tax compliance and remittances by various sectors of the economy. Specifically, the committee has commenced investigation of tax compliance by banks. This will review the role of the banks as tax collecting agents and tax-payers.[10]
Abdulmumin has also co-chaired investigation on the planned liquidation of NITEL[11]which used to be the largest telecommunication company in Nigeria, investigation on ports congestion,[12] investigation on discretionary granting of waivers and other incentives by government for big companies, investigation into multi-billion naira housing fund, investigation of the management of the petroleum subsidy funds and investigation on budget implementation among others.
Abdulmumin is also a member of the House committee on Foreign Affairs, Gas, Electoral Matters, Youths Development and Special Duties where he has contributed significantly in the works of these committees. Abdulmumin is the chair of the yearly joint committee that modifies the federal government Medium Term expenditure and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF) which deals with all the macro-economic indices that serve as the fore-runner for Nigeria's national budget.[13]
In March 2012, Abdulmumin became the third Nigerian to be selected for participation at the prestigious France's International Visitor Leadership Program organised by the French Government through the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Over one thousand promising leaders have participated in the programme since its inception in 1989. Only nine percent of the participants were selected from Africa and only three from Nigeria. Abdulmumin used the opportunity of the programme to drum up attention to issues of development in Nigeria and emphasis on increasing collaboration between Nigeria and France.[14]
In March 2015, Abdulmumin was re-elected to the House of Representatives by the people of his constituency in Kano state. He expressed interest in becoming Speaker but later stepped down for Yakubu Dogara,[15] who went on to win.[16]
After Dogara's victory, Abdulmumin was chosen to head the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation. The 2016 budget was submitted by President Buhari in December 2015, and the
budget process was marred with a lot of controversy. Abdulmumin defended the budget vehemently, and implied that the Presidency did not understand the budget which had been forwarded to the National Assembly. He also issued ultimatums to the Presidency, and threatened that the House would veto the budget if the President refused to sign it.[17]
Speaker Dogara was eventually able to mediate in the crisis and resolve the impasse in April 2016 by ensuring that the budget was revisited.[18] In July 2016, Jibrin was removed as chairman of the Committee on Appropriation due to the many infractions which he had allegedly committed while he occupied the position.
Following his removal, Jibrin began to level allegations of corruption and "budget padding" against the leadership of the House of Representatives, notably Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Deputy Speaker Yusuf Lasun, Majority Whip Alhassan Ado Doguwa and Minority Whip Leo Ogor. Jibrin was promptly disowned by other members of the appropriation committee, and the House of Representatives released a statement stating that he was sacked as chairman of appropriation because he was immature and had a prospensity for blackmail.[19]
Beyond politics and his business engagements, Abdulmumin has shown interest in philanthropy through which he instituted awards and yearly donation/lecture at the NYSC. He was the sole sponsor of his alma mater, University of Abuja re-union event. Abdulmumin has also provided needful equipment that would improve academic endeavours at the university and renovated some of the institution's academic buildings. He co-founded Laila foundation with his wife as a charity organisation dedicated to the less-privileged. In recognition of his passion for charity work, he was appointed into the board of Ayahay Foundation. He is a member of Rotary International and Paul Harris Fellow.
Abdulmumin has received several awards and honours for his meritorious achievements both in professional and public life. And he has also been inducted into different professional bodies for his sterling contributions to professional best practices in accordance with the global standards. In 2000, Abdulmumin was bestowed with the Award of Life Membership by the Students' Union Government, University of Abuja, Nigeria. The United Nations Global Peace Foundation conferred on Abdulmumin an award of Peace Ambassador in 2009. He was a recipient of the Icon of Hope Award by the African-Caribbean Society of the University of Reading in 2010.[20] He was also honoured as a World Youth Ambassador by the Youth Federation for World Peace in the same year 2010.[21]
In 2012, he was inducted as Fellow Chartered Institute of Finance & Control by Nigeria CIFN. Also in the same year, Abdulmumin received an Award of Excellence for Best House Committee Chair by the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (OSC). By November 2012, he was honoured with an award for Legislative Excellence by the 7th National Assembly Media Merit Award. In early 2013, Abdulmumin was accorded the Distinguished Award for Contribution to National Development by the Nigeria Conservation, UK. Later in 2013, he obtained a Certificate of Commendation for philanthropic Work by the Justice & Fairness Organisation, Kano State. And was honoured with the Most Outstanding National Committee Chair (Revenue Development) by the Disciples of Democracy in Frankfurt Germany in the same year 2013. In 2014 he was inducted as fellow of the Institute of Mass Communication & Information Management of Nigeria and fellow of the Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria. For his philanthropy milestone, Abdulmumin was awarded a Paul Harris Fellow in 2010.
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